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HONGKUNG'S RIVAL.
JAMANILA" KHÍPPÍNO CENTRE OF THE ORIENT
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MAY 7 1910
THR CHINA ASSOCIATION.
ANNUAL REPORT.
But of this practically there is, an yet,' ilitle' or 'erally expressed that railway development in no sign...
THE BUTLER WRIGHT CASH.
BILL OF EXCHANGE DIS- HONOURED,
China would prova be the death-kaafi of As regards the currency question there is tekin. Such opinion has been proved to be
· QUESTION OF JURISDICTION, simply to be recorded China's continued' din utterly wrong, for the railway have sim-
ACTION IN THE' SUMMARY COURT. The action at the instance of Yuan Shu-hsun, The annual report of the Chiad Association regard of her obligations abder Article li, of ply proved as csier means for skin exac
The Treaty of 1902. More than seven years bave lion, than before. This has been particular Viceroy of Canton, against William Butler
4th inst tor rücßigop hus just been lasued. It is a bulky elapsed since 100, and there is suil no sign of ly exemplified on the Shanghai Nanking Wright, whose trial and conviction in connec
Before Mr. Justice Hazolaad, Agung Police "Mauila is the shipping centre of the Orient, document running into 175 pages, had contains the "Uatorin Nations Coinage" which the fine, over which the carriage of goods is prace. tion with embezzlements on the Canton-Kow. Judge, in the Summary Ogurt this morning, snd the time is got far distant when it will be a vast ainuut of intersstion mattor concerning Treaty, promised. The mission of Targ Shan-yitically rendered probibitive through the exac loon Railway took place last year, was again Mr. Douglas Graham, of Alexander Bul' linga, *the commercial, centre as well," said Mr. R. A. all that affects British interests in China. It to Europe and America, at the beginning of last tions of the lekin cfficials. And as regards before the court, reports the Shanghai Times sund the Ying Choong Lung firm of 60. McGrath, president of the United States Shod impossible for us to reproduce is in extenso, but
year, raised expectation that too question war lekin generally, it has to be observed that the of 28th ult. Mr. G. H. Wright represented the Co of New York and Manila, to a represents it will be of interest to set forth the prio at last being seriously taken in hand; but the curse grows worse and worss-new exactions, plaintiff stid Mr. A. G. Mossop, in the absence Wellington Street, to recover the sum of $115.50 tive of the-Cableneia Americanoa 281k ult. Io cipal points in a brief and succinct manuer.esult. have been' mit, and Tang Shao-yi under. ali sons of names, are being levied in of Mr. J. G. E., Douglas, appeared,for the deamount dus on a bill of exchange duly accepted. support of the foregoing assertion be pointed to in the report for 1903 prominenco the immense: cargoes of merchandise coming | naturally gived to the dramatic events official obscurity,,The trunk of the matter | ksall; cot, ggly are the setilaments becoming of the plaintiff to have the pleas in the defence plaintiff further claimed the sum of $1.25% bimsell secas to have been relegated to every direction. Take the case of Shanghat fendant. The present application was on behalf and dishonoured by the defendants. The Interest dus on the bill of exchange.......... Mr. would appear to be that the interests of those surounded by an ever closer cordon of lekin
Shenton appeared for the plaintiff and the de who batten on the existing system of currency stations, but the utmost vigilance on the part
fendant appeared in person. chave are too strong for the Central Govora of the Municipal authorities is requited to pre- vent interference with the native shopkeepers in the settlements themselves,
into the lands and the equally large cargoes, of hemp Seing taken away on the rolera voy. ages, and to the disposition of the transporta lion companies to send their steamers to Manila to get their share in our over-increasing freight and passenger business.
Ar. McGrath bas just returned from a trip to the China coast where he has been in the tolerate al ais company. To quote him for
her:.
I found the marchants in Hongkong and vicinity ready to place ordersnot only for shops of American manufacture, but for the product of pur Manila factory. 1 was'noi, able to close
Ang business for the latter, however, owing to the fact that at the present time we have large orders awaiting manufacturo. The retail business there is slower at present time than It has been for years, and the merchants seam
to think they have a special grievance against the shipping companies who are acuding their shipa directly to madila justead of trapshipping their passeers at Hongkong. The lay-over in Hongkong, of from tow to twelve days, that our people are stilt forced to make on the homeward trip to the Pacific Coast, scans more obnoxious to ine thau ever. The spectacle of dozens of Manilans waiting a week, while an American steamer which, is making the bulk of its mogey out of the Mauli trade speads thousands of dollars in repairs and supplies which could be had just as well in staaría, is not a pleasing one to the average Manila business migo.
"I think we should look into the matter of preparing for docking dur ships in Manila Tomtead of sending them to Chise, even to the granting of a small subsidy, should it be peces saxy, We have cheap and competent labour which could be utilized and three hundred passengers from end of our large steamers patronizing our new hotel while the iteamer is being overhauled would in itself be a big thing for Maula.
WAS
Peking in November of that year, noto was taken of the peaceful succession to the ibrous by the infant/ Emperor. 'suan Tung, under the regency of his father, Proce Chun, and comment was made upon a very generally, ex- prissed opinion that such pastelul succession was evidenco of Chlea's innule gilt of govern ment, and was hailed as ushering in "The New Regime in China," with bigh expectancy of progress and reform. In the separi far 1909 it is pertinent to attempt some measure of coo- sideration of kom.fax such expectancy has been realised. The report proccods
of
ment.
Io lost year's Repoft note was made of the certain disastrous result to trade (homa or foreign) entailed by the terrible depreciation of the copper, couage-the coloage of the people-and the position to-day, says the report,
18,worte than it was then,
* OPIUM.
this question interest naturally centres That the year has witnessed some measme upon the taternational Oplum Commission seeming genuine effort in the direction of which the Shangh is in February of last year, Wand the Commissioners were unanimous reform may be admitted, but it would at the same time appear that such effort has so far 10 recognising the sincerity of Chiasso Govern had but little practical result; edict after edict meat in its anti-apiam crusade, strong note has baca thundered from Peking, condemnuing was nevertheles taken of grave disadvan existing abuses, commanding their redress,ges existed in there being no trustworthy and grandiloquently setting forth the principles statistics as to the acreage under POPPY of good government and the duties of rulers cultivation in China, despite the imponist decree of Juve, 1907, calling for such return. towards the people. There is little evidence,
Foe Churche delegates undertook "to call however, that these exhortations from the Ver
the attention of their Govaramaat to- the milion Pencil have much disturbed. the pro-
matter, which of course is one of prime neces- vincial aulers, who, indeed, would seem to base
sity for the purpose of ascertaising how far their conduct of affairs on the ancient Chinese
China is peitoiming her part in the inter proverb, that "Too Monstams are, biga nad
Marional and staking. But withoot questioning Peking is far distant," Pox et praeterea will
the honesty of intention of the Cainese Govern would, for the most part, seem to be the sesulc,
inant in the matter, the 'fact remains that no if not the mication, of Imperial Eliers.
The relations between Peking and the Pionustworthy atauistics are yet forthcoming virices form, perhaps the lead ag question of the yenda question commanding the greatest attention. Le Shaoghar correspondent of The Times, has recently (Inu, to) well put the case. A centralisation of authority," he says,
MISCELLANEOUS.
With regard to mining the report polats out attempt to fulfil the engagements which by that the Chinese Government has made bó treaty they undertook. Reference is made to the Aphwas Concession. Other questions deals the Kiang-peiting Company in Szechuan and
with are weights and measures, tha Huangpu Conservancy, sh Postal Agencies in Chian, Trade Marks, Shanghai Settlement Extension, the School of Chinese, the Hongkong Univer vity, etc., which do not call for any special comment. For the rest the report contains the full correspondance with the local branches and reports of the aasual meeting and dinner, together with a sycopsis of the more important igio L. & C. Express, edicts issued from the and of 1958 to Jan. 7
KANG-TU-WEI,
** KIS BIRTHDAY IN AUSTRALIA, ... Kang-Yu-Wei, the leader of the Chinese reform movement, was 53 years old on March log more in fact than fragmentary proth, and the members of the Sydony branch of vincial reports, which, there is only too much the Chinese Empire Reform Association, cele reason to suspect, may have their origin in brated the event at the association's rooms (Tung Wah, Times Chambers), in the manner retested, personal mouver
worthy of the greatness of the man and the magnitude of the work he, along with Liang Kes chao, undertook in 1898 in the direction of effecting reforms which aimed at bringing about constitutional government is a country whose milous had always been ruled by an autocracy from Poking,
MANCHURIA.
The various questions in regard to Man churia are discussed at soma length. After an viber la oaths,' says the report, experience of development of affairs in Manchuria, we can aply stand confirmed in the belief that in a country administered as is Chios, railway cost-being-'prayed to be closely synony mus with territorial, control-a lact which the Chiness seem to be appreciating elec witere than in Manchuria,
After reciting
cadtrary to all the instincts and traditions of the people, and unattainable except through the exercise of force, which has never been per minently available," It is this opptralisation which Europeau diplomacy has been endea vouring to furce o China for the past 5 years, and the writer goes on to stute a truls, The altitude of the Hongkong people which all who know China will adnyt, that a towards the 'lippines seems to be very provincial mandarin "is papetually compelled
•mnch changed for the better, owing I bối the traditions and necessities of his position
by heva to a closer, acquaintance with our peo- to adjust the finances of his post tant bien gir the course of events in conuection with the ple. 1 heard very inite knocking while over mad, to us to satisly at the same time the question of Russia's claim to "ebaluto and there. I mal some tourists and others who have demands of the Central Government, of local exclusive rights of administration” in the ter ben scared away from nur shores by the usual opinion, aud of his own future, a problem ritones of the Chinese Estera Railway, the heat and plague' stories told by the officers of which he solves according to the exigencies report observes that the settlement of this the large European inets. The last German of the situation on the hides of least resistance." | question ol; jausdicuonal rights, whether Lloyd for leaving Hongkong for. Suez carried In the face of such tradition of Provincial | Russian or japanese, in the Manchurian rail 125 passengers from the Philippines and. Iba Government it is easy in appreciate the opposi-way zones is one of pressing importance. it beve that this matter were properly lukea up tion shown towards the new regise of constant quotes ir, Morrison, who accently said: "I with the shipping companies they could be interference by the Central Government, and is creasingly evident that au permaneat shown whercio it is to their interest to put as understand (ho scant respect which is a cord solution and no satisfactory progress will be stop to such misrepresentation's,'.
ed by the provinces to orders from Peking. possible until the respective spheres of in. fluence and rights of the Japanese and Russiao Railways are clearly defined in the spirit of the Portsmouth Treaty." After a. relereuce 10 "ho, Manchurian Convention," signed in Peking last September, by which the vexed question of the Haismotua-Fakumin Railway received its quietus, fue report refers to the Chachow Tushar Algun Railway, an Angin american enterprise, regarding which it was reported on Jan. 21; "an gaòd authority," that ascript had been 1.sued sanctioning the pre- unnary agreement entered into last October.
Probably a good deal more will be beard of this actieme in the scar fusttre;, moantrine;
Mr. McGrath is very snuca picased with the prospects for trade for his company on the Ubina coast,nud with his usual foresight is getting into touch with the markers which will keep Bis.company's factories in the frost rank,
CAPTAIN, P, W. LYONS,
RUMOURED APPOINTMENT TO MALAYĄ.
It is rumoured that Captain F. W、 Lyons, bur popular. Deputy Captaio Superintendent of Ponce, has obtained the post of Commissioner of Police of the Federated Mulay States. What will be our loss will be Malaya gao. While one and all will must Capinio Lyon's bere, he will bave new fields to explore in the Pepiosula, and there is no reason to doubt that there ho; will make as many friends as he has done in Hongkong. Not only as an officer but as a sportsman, & Steward of the Jockey Club, and a good follow us well, be has won the regard of all who met bim. If the report is correct, we congratulate him on the obtainment of his new and important appriormoor and wish him every success in his fresh sphere.
Ir
A FIRTWIG DISPUTH:
LUIGATION BRIWERM FIREWOOD DEALER AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR.
3rd lost. Before Mr. Justice Hez:land, Acting Puisne Judge, in the summary Court this morsing, the Fu Wing firm, of 174,, Des Vieux 'Road Con- tral, firewood dealers, sued the Wing Man firm. of No. 9, Chater Sheet, Kennedy Town, contractors, to recover the sum of $.00, for a return of money paid to the defendant a de- posit on the 7th February last. Mr C. Wilson appeared for the plaintitis and Mr. W. E.
Shenton was for the defendants.
Mr. Wilson'said that the' claim against the de- fecdants was for £100, alleged to have baon à deposit which was made .under The plain- the following circumstances tiff Cheong Chun, who was a partier in The pain fim, mad's an urrangement with the defendunt whereby, the latter was to supply the plaintiff with certaia firtwigs. The arrangement fell throu h, n trees being rupplied, as a result of which the pr seat acti î arose for the recovery of the money which was banded over to the defendast as a dep kit.
Mr. Shente a admitted receiving the money but said it was paid on account of an existing previous debt,
The plaintif's evidence having been taken, and further testimony having teen given, his Lordship entered judgment for the defendants with costs.
Immediately after the boaring of the above action, the Wing Man Company, of No. 9.
REFORM IN CHINA.
It is being constantly suggested by imper.. fectly informed wrass of the Far Easter question that whai peff.cted in the sxies may.equally be accomplished by China to-day. And such suggestion is, to those having know ledge of Far Eastern affairs, maniles ly absurd; it can only have its origin in an airy and un digested accepiance of the facts of the great Japanese evoluting, without consideration of the abagimal circumstances which rendered that revolution possible, and ignoring the engr mous political changes which have been witnessed in the Far East in the last ga years. It would seem to be forgoten that Japna's great revolution was fought and hoodily fought for a period of 15 years (1894-to 1869) ; it was won' thinught the leadership of men of remarkble ability and character; bot the predominant reason of its success was that Japan was able to fight out the question by herself, unhampered by any complicating in terests. But in Chins, what is the position to day? It has recently been succinctly.summed up by the special correspondent to The Times, wha points to China's complicated network of foreign interests, to the burden of her foreign in- debtedness-hampering for freedom of action-
this actiba wall tried
:
Mr. Shenton stated that the bill' of exchange was duly presented to the defendant frm but was dishonoured. A writ of foreign attachment was applied for and granted on the ground that the defendants tried to evade the process of the Court The dobi was altached to the
writand there was a balance of the principat still due. The sum of $1.25 was also due un interest on the bill of exchanga.
Judgment-was-given_for_the_plaintiff_with....
Coals,
to connection with the same case, the
that the defendant being resident in Hongkong this court had no jurisdiction, and that fo view of the arbitration agreement the action was not triable in this court, be struck out as being sanecessary, and as tending to prejudice, em barrass, and delay the fair trial of the action. la giving his decision on the application, his Lordship (Sir Havilland de Sausmarex) said This application arises out of two pleas or two paragraphs in the statement of defonce both of which refer to the jurisdiction. The point before me are that some time in the year ( facts that are necessary to a decision on the
1909 the defendant before the Supreme Court and convicted of garnishes representing the Yau Lang Hing asking away with cartala money which was the property of his employers, and it is firm was called into the box. He stated that la respect of that money amongst other, monies to You Lung Hing firm owed the Ying Cheong that the present action is brought by His Ex-Lung S418 31 and the Ying Cheong Lung cellency Yuan Shu-stup, who is the Governor owed the Yau Laug Hing 339455, therefore General of the Liangkwang. Whether he is the sum of $35.77 was due to the Ying Cheong the proper person to sue or not is. I gather Lung. Witness stated that he was willing to from the pleadings, a question which will be Pay the amo raised later, but in the meantime he is a high Chinese official representing or seeking at all events to represent in this action the railway in whose service the defendant was. Oo bis coo viction Wright was sent to servo his sentence in the Gaol at Hongkong under the provisions of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act. Then an action was commenced and an order was made for service but of the jurisdiction by the Consul in Canton and also an order for substituted sat- vice on an agent of the defendant resident ia
His Lordship made an order for the amount to be paid into Court by the garnishes and a further order for payment out to the plaintiff.
GALB AT WUCHOW.
DAMAGE TO SMALL CRAFT,
[From Our Own_Correspondent.]
Wuchow; and May, 1910, Aj p.m. on Wednesday a cyclonic equall passed over the city. It carried off the roof of oumerous buildings. Such was the force, of the wlud that several steamers and pontoons were dragged from their moorings. Numerous small crafts were overtarned and many sank, So far, as is knowa only three Hvastware lost, The gale seems to have been only local, | 47.
Canton. I do not know how far ho was an agent, but he would be covered by the words of rula 111 B-" some other person within the jurisdiction of the court on its being proved that there is reasonable probability that the document through that agent will come to the knowledge of the person to be served." At the time that these dolalcations occurred the defendant had his usual place of abode within the jurisdiction of the court: To take
Perhaps the most remarkable .eature in con-" the words of the definition of resident in the rules of court, resident means having a fixed
nection with the letter written, to a Bombay place of abode in China or Korea. Resident think these are all the incts which are access that Sir Sassoon David, who is looked upon of course defined as an adjective there. Contemporary by Sir Sassoon David with regard to the exèrmogi prices obtained for the oplum
Throughout the world Kang-Yu-Wei is re- 'garded by the Chinese as the leader of 'reform, nad everyone of the 5,000 members of inc 18 to 203 brauchos of the reform association comprised in the triangle from China to America and to Australia, gladly do him honour. When in 1898 Kang-Ya-Wei was Prime Minister, in the raiga of the later to bear in mind. The course adopted Emperor Kwang-Su; he threw his undivided by the defendant in these circumstances bas been to rest on pleadings-that is the 'da energies into the reform movement, and in fence. The objection to the first defence, three months' time he had made such head. Is that as a matter of fact this is while way is caused the Conservative party to tremble at the prospect of the loss of power purporting to be an objection to the juris diction of the court in fact an objection to which they tad hitherto usad, to their own
the order which was made for substituted aggrandisement and the detriment of the peo-
service out of the jurisdiction. The practice to ple. The Conservatives, in their concern, fizw
far as I know in this court has always been to to the Dowager-Empress, who took sides with
order substitued service and not service out of them against the Emperor, and the leader of
the jurisdiction, and in being guided as to reform, with the result that the movement was
whether we shall make an order for substitured interdicted rad its champion competed to flee
THE PRICE OF OPIUM.
as an expert, abould hava bean so far out in his reckoning. Sir Fleetwood Wilson, in the course of his Financial Statement, remarked that he believed Rs. 1,750 to be a reasonably safe st sumption of the average price. For the year which has just begun, Sir Sassoon David put the rata at Rs, 1,000. At the first sale on the gib just, 30 chests realized an average price of R. 3,816. The great difference between the figure of the expert and the figure actually obtained is some excuse for Sir Fiestwood Wilson." Sir Sassoon David points out that as a result of the large difference between the
will be a surplus of sixty-aight lakhi, fifty odd thousand rupees for ona month's sales at which rate the Government will roalise a surplus of over eight crores of rupses on the year. This of course assumes that the high " price will be maintained. This will no doubt depend to a great extent upon how far the Chinese Government carry out their restric tices of oplum cultivation in China. From
the country, while the power of the Emperor servico'wa bave followed Order 11 of the Rules Government estimate and the sale price thara.
was abrogated and assumed by the Empress.
In high places the doctrine preached by Kang-Yu Wei was ridiculed, but to-day it is within reasonable distance of acceptation.
APPLICATION FOR EXTRADITION,
STORY OF AN ARMED ROBBERY,
4th inst. Before Mr. J. R. Wood in the Police Court this afternoon, extradition proceedings were commenced against Leung Loi for so armed robbery alleged to have been committed in Chinese territory.
of the Supreme Court in England, Order r In this particular caso, Rule E. is the ala under which such a service as this will be made. This action is an action op one of the in debitatis actions under the old pleading founded on a contract, and Order Ruto E. is as follows: The action is found. ed on any breach.or alleged breach within the jurisdiction of any contract wherever made which according to the terms theseof ought to be performed within, the jurisdiction, This Bows of violent opposition in parts of money had to be accounted for as I CAD se the coart had jurisdicton to order this mors, and it seems to me that that discretion was properly exercised. Not that this matters at the present time, because, on the case of Pres: ton v. Lamunt; it seems to me quite clear that the defendant is too late to take this objection
or two questions seem to present them. selves, for instance, the fatcation the principle of internationalisation which they of the Vaned States to apply to tais railway
bayo recently advocated? 'What will be the tude of Russia and Japan towards it, seeing the jealousy with which both countries regard the railway development of Manchuria and Meagolie? it is reported that they are not Mr. H. L. Dannys, Jr., stated that pritoneria do sther form, that is to say by an objection to charged with armed robbery. The the jurisdiction which he ought to have laken at actively hostile, and that they can be placated
y da arrangement of participation: what teams rubbery took place in au opium-dealer's the earliest possible opportunity in order that if of participation will they require? Again, why did China choose the particular time, when at shop in the village of Tam Trau, in the Heung- this court had no jurisdiction the expense of
shan district. at 1pm on the 7th December preparing the trial should have been neved. tention was so fixed upon the "railway intercalast. Six robbers entered the shop, tied up the is a little difficult for me, I find it at all events a tionalisation" proposal, to publish the rescript inmates and jooted the place, carrying away little difficult, to understand the argument in
atlying the concession of this line to as
some ornaments and bangles. The robbers secured the certainty of Russo-Japanese co
then decimped with their booty. operation.?
Evidence was called and the casa remanded. RAILWAYS
WAS
It
Obina to the attempts to stop cultivation it is evident that the Chinese Government have no easy task before them. His own opium does not satisfy the wants of the Chinamas so well as does the indián produi, which is a polut in favour of the present high price being maintain ed, whatever cultivation may take place in China. At the same time it is safe to assume that if the Cojness Government do not falfit thair abard of the bargain, the price of Indian spium will fall-Englishman,
"NIPPON MARU” IN A GALE.
and to the cagic-eyed attitude of foreign l'owels "watching for a fivourable opportuaily 10 lut | Agglo-american group? Why not first have / 8300 worth of raw opium, Sikg la money aud this paragraph, cited to ma fram Sir Francis 'JAPANESE LEVIATHAN WEATHERS THE STORM.
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ther their political and territorial ambitinis at 'her (Chine's)expense." In Ince of such complica- tions in berexternal relations, coupled with acule istotnal dissension, the path of reform in China
in the Report for 1908 it was stated that dur must indeed be a thorny one-a path crossed
all directions by both internal and extering that year little progress of a satisfactory Chica for the Chinese" must, in its literal railway enterprise in China. The Report for nal complications. The loudly-voiced cry of are bad been made in the development of expression, and if lotelligently and patriotical. 1959 must be that the year has seen, à very re- markable developmesi, but whether satisfactory ly conceived, command respect, but it cannot but he offspected that it is merely the cry of
or not is a question which the future must decide, the "Young China", party, who, with minds
The main point of interest is the in half-opened by a smantering of Western edu
which has been. exercised, over flucoco cation (an educational condition which railway development through the remarke been described as pestilential") are simply able growth of what 10 koown as the endeavouring to upset the ancient conditions other country for their, pan maerial adChipa for the Chinese movement, and the resistance which the provincial leaders al vanlage. Of the leadership, chivahy, and self-
that muremaal uppose to foreign enterprise sacrifice which characterised, and rendered
ia the Empire, despite concessions obtained possible, the Japanese revolution, there's bot little evidence in China.
through Peking. The movement is a remark able one; no doubt it appeali, and is megat THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT AND
to appeal, to the people as patriotic, but more PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES.
probably it has its foundation in the desire of Jqthe anarxes to the ropes are a generalis promoters, to sign for themselves the ressize of the numerous Edicts which, during the opportunities of illicit gato which attach to year, have been showered from taking on the native managed enterprisca. Anyway, it would Constitutional question. The very number of
seem to be certain that tais "Revolt of the these Edicts is in itself suggestive of an ub Provinces" (as it has come to pa called) finds sence of working teciprocity between Peking strengib, to this as in other directipar, 10 a and the provinces, and the wording of them provincial appreciation of the seakness and certainly gives support to such suggestion, for iucapacity of the Central Government, and in while they are wordily insistent upon obedience
the behel that the orders of Peking may be to the Imperial commands, there is constant disregarded with impunity. There can be liitle complaining note of want of províncial co- doubt that the "loan terms which foreign operation,
lendars in China have found it accessary to impose for their own protection, are resented in Chios. There ought not to be any reason why China should not be freely offered foreign capital for the exploitation of her enormous potential wealth in the same way as manay is ent to other countries; but the Government of Coina, being what it is, simply compale leaders to Baleguard themselves through "luan terma which under other conditions would be pa necessary.
Still bearing the scars of a lambisting re ceived from a cyclone encountered on the ran from Yokohama to Honoluld, the JapanesE laer Nippos Maru arrived yesterday fast. ao minutes after midnight, says the San Francisco Call of 19th March. At suuria the federal doctors boarded the liner and the passengers ware on the Pacific Mail wharf before 8 o'clock. Captalo H. S. Smith, who succnuded Captain Stevens as the master of the liner, says that the storm was the worst he, avar encountered aud the appearance of the Nippos conficons, 'his judgment.
Half a dozen beavy glais porti on-the state board side were beaten in by the waves. The brass frames that bold the paris wara twisted lato junk. Three of the ports that were tors from their fastenings were in the siloon and water th it came pouring in froded the saloon waist deep.. Oce of the glass ports was thrown out of ita frame so violdatly that it landed on the sideboard in the centre of the saloon and. left a track like that of a 10 inch shell. Of the stained glass doors to the saloon only the framas ware left. Much damige was done about the deck. Everything morable was washu ed overboard, and the starboard gangway was - smashed.
Pikgon's book
Ho on extraterritoriality. appears to agree that if we follow the English practice and only, make an order for substitated service in a cass where service out of the jurisdiction would be TOTO KISEN KAISHA, ordered, then that rule is in accordance with bis views on extraterritoriality.. I think as a CONDITIONS STEADILY IMPROVING. matter of fact that so far all these conditions Ho Bava beca fulfilled in this particular case. Our readers will be pleased to learn that then goes on some hypothesis which I have got contrary to general expectation, the business quite beso able to follow, that it is only in s of the T.K.K. is steadily Improving. On the very limited number of cases that such a role South American route the gross profits earned as this can be applied." If this is what that by the America Mars wore Y101,7 a. Op-the-paragraph mass 1-disagree with it. The prac. first voyage of the Hongkong Maru Y115,jar, tice of this court has been, as I say, to follow and on the second ruo Y26,000 were made in the first part of, what he suggests should be profits. Besides this return, the Government the rule, and I ass no reason to depart subsidy is Y170,000 per voyage and there is a from it. The rule of the court, No. tu, is per- good margin from this even after all expenses fectly clear, and it is vers general. It says, are met. It is expected therefore, says the "If it appears to the court that for any reason Japan Herald, that if the favourable conditions
personal service cannot be conveniently effect. continue through the six voyages during this cd. The fact that the man is out of the year the enimited profit will be obtained. The jurisdiction is certainly a reason why personal business of the North Americia service is also service cannot be conveniently affected. Unless growing favourably. In the latest voyage of therefore it is shows to me that, that rule is the Chiya Alarm a profit of Y200,000 was ultra vites, clearly I am boued, by it. It.hds obtained and it seems possible that Y140,000 not been shown that that rule is 'tra vires. will be reached in future voyages. Such being and the order has been mede under that rulo the conditions, the net profit will vary likely namely, B, which gives the provincial court cover the greater part if not all of the loss jurisdiction in such a care at the present. amounting to Y1,066,000.
If it was thougbi that that order was impra. perly made it should have been attacked and not pleaded. Therefore I think that that part of the pleading must go. As regards the question of arbitration, i įbink, as 1 have said la respect to the circumstances under which this money is alleged to have become das sed in which the court would not exercise the jurisdiction rested in it by Anticia, 4 of the Arbitration Act, but under any cir cumstances it seems to me for exactly It is surely a significant fact that it took
the same reason as was pleaded in Preston v more than two and a half months from the date
Limont in the last queellon and which was of the inauguration of the assemblies to cal.
pleaded in the case of the London Dairy · LOCAL · MEDICAL MEN BAFFLED, lect the Information upon which Dr. Marri
Society ageloat Abbot, namely, that objections soo's pronouncement is based. In alines: any
In the thron villages of Kamits-hl, Tsukuo to the jurisdiction should be taken at the
and Nishi-modra Mara, of Senboku District," The incidents, in connection with the loan
earliest possible opportunity, again would pro- other country the doings of the, assemblies wou'd certainly have been immediately known, terms of the German section of the Tientsin-
vent the defendant from succeeding in setting Oseka Fu, a peculiar disease has been pre- but China, through her want of communications, Pukow railway are commented on, it being
up that plan now. That case was decided on vailing since last year. Dr. Iwasaki, of Tanken is still a sealed country as regards her interna puioted out that subsequent events fully sap-
the Common Lay Procedure Act which Mr. Mura, bas diagnosed 26 patients suffering from ported the view widely held that the agrae- | rate. affairs; and this fact raises the further sugges
Wright laforms me was exictly in the same the disesse since March of last year. Twenty- tion of the danger arising from the wart of ment (of Pukow term) does not adequately resolution to start an active competition against terms or substantially in the same terms three of them died and three are still under ás Section 4 of the Arbitration Act. treatment. The patients are all boys under 15 intercommunication between the various as safeguard the expenditure of foreign loan funds. the 0.8.K. and decided to, reduce the freight semblies, without which no homogeneity of Reference is also made to the international from 6 dollars per 100 kio of raw silk to 5 do not think it in material to consider it years of age. At first the patients feel a shiver Imperial effori can surely be obtained. Of squabble in connection with the Hankow Can dollars. This reduction makes the rate, much sporadic earnestness we have apparently some foe and Hankow: xechuan lines. The report less than that charged by the 0.3.K. Tais will Particularly because one can godersland the ing, cold, sensation and when fever sols in, reasoning of it, and applying the reasontox the whole body is covered with purple spots, proof, of collective sarcosiness we have no56, states that one point is worthy of note, which be brought into force with the departure of the of it to that section it is quite clear that the The tip of the spots is a litila swollen with Mongolia on April syth and the Kamakuru defendant, if he wisher to reply upin that water. When pressed with the Engars, the and the suggestion may be basarded that the is that alter a year of contention the several earbest sporadic work of the provinces may land compaling Powers do not appear to bave ar:
Mfars, and communications to this effect have remedy which might oust the jurisdiction of the purple colour does not fide. The pallent gra. been made to shippers. The O.S.K. will not Court, ought to take the opportunity of urging dually passen into a state of come and dies in the central Government; is uncontemplated rived at a satisfactory conclusion, and that the difficulties.
local Chinese are strongly (and with some arm took this over of course and it is expected to
that remedy upon the court at the earliest possi- from 15 to go hours. Acute pain, in falt in kill blance of success) pressing their demands that make al further discount. It is believed the ble opportunity. He has not done that, and the pints accompanied by a favere bandaɛhe
freight on other goods will be cut down, wit the lines should be home constructed..
very much doubt if such as application had Dr. Yoshida, of the Osaka Fo Japliary Depart been made whether I should have acceded to mont, was sent to the localities and airport in
RIVAL PACIFIC LINERS.
FREIGHT RATes cut down.
Obator Street, sued the Fa Wing firm to re- the report cominents on the lack of taforma. by a large and increasingly powerful section stated in the Osaka Mäínichí of to-day's date the parition of the portios, · this ́in
cover the sum of $3093, being amount of balance due for goods sold and delivered. Judgment, was given for the plaintiffs with
costs.
S.S." SUPERICIS, ROUGH
PASSAGE
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TO BE DUCKED FOR HEPAIRS,
With many of her davits and four 'ships boats carried away by the tempestuous els ments and part of her cargo damaged by water entering the holds through battered in batches, the Bank Line freighter Ster arrived in port yesterday, 26th ult., says the Massila Cableucus, from Puget Sound poris via Japas. Captain Shotten, master of the Bureris, reports that the trip across the Pacific was one of the worst be experienced his long career as a sea-faring. min. Nasty weather was encountered sooR after leaving Seattle and kept up for the big gest part of the trip across to Japan, Alter discharging her Manila cargo, the Saveric will proceeds to Hongkong to be docked and li is belloved that the necessary repairs cannot be completed in less than a month,..
The Suverte, brought a large general cargo for local importers. She calls for Hongkong sa'Saturday, April 30,
With regard to the Provincial Assemblies tion on the subject. The Peklug correspondent of The Times has given his opinion that the general resuit has "more than fulfilled expecta tions, and the report proceeds: -
FINANCE AND CURRENCY, The report sialan that judged by the standard of the number of edicts on the question of fican- 'cial reform which have emanated from the Thro-
na during the past year, it would appear that
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The Kobs Herald of 26th utt. saya:-It is that the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, since the open ing of the Tacoma route, has been taking up an independent attitude in regard to the passenger dud freight business and has been competing with seven comptaies, viz Nippon Yuseo Kalisha, the Toyo Kisen Kaisht, the Pacific Mail, the Bank line, Mesars Butter field and Swire, the Canadian Pacifi: R. Co and the Great Northern Co., which constitute the Nouh Pacific Conference. Lately the O.S.K. grasted a discount rate of five per conts do raw silk as compared with the Conference The Conference yesterday passed a
On the subject of lakin the report observes: At the present time, says the Kobo, Herald
it must be admitted that in our appreciation of April 18, it is reported there are altogether an immenss forward strids bas been taken to- of things Chluase" wa are constantly falling | mighty-seven foreignare Gedergoing various warda & betterment of Chlux's fiscal conditions, - info erret. ` #oi jgstagce, the opinion, was god" terms of imprisonment in Japangos prisons,
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As result of the storm the Nippon, already. late, lost more time and was then held ovar s day in Honolulu for inspection by the Dalted States authorities before thosieamer's passenger license was renewed. For these reasons tha Nippon arrived hero Monday lastead of the previous Thursday. The liner brought, 24" cabin passengers and so Asiatics. 50 of whom wara Hindus. Tho.carga of 2,564 tons includ- ed 3,739 rolls of matting, $14 bales of raw silk and a small shipment of ton.
EXTRAORDINARY DISEASE IN OSAKA FU.:
it in view of the position of the parties to be made to the Home Departmant, Accord,
shall therefore order both these paragraphs of ing to the statement of Dr. Iwasaki, the malady the defence to be struck out, and I shall order). In not infectinus hat there are signs of its sprend han to the localities naar bronkela čoraldi ki
the defendant to pay the cost in any aragia